Mission-adaptable aerial vehicle and methods for in-field assembly and use
AssigneeFirestorm Labs, Inc.
InventorsIan Muceus, Daniel Magy
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Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for mission-adaptable aerial vehicle. In some aspects, a mission-adaptable aerial vehicle includes a configuration having swappable, manipulatable, and interchangeable sections and components connectable by a connection and fastening system able to be modified by an end-user in the field. In some embodiments, a mission-adaptable aerial vehicle can be configured to include a main center body extending along a longitudinal direction, a wing with a lateral cross-sectional airfoil shape, and/or stabilizer and control surface structures with corresponding cross-sectional airfoil shapes.
Claims18
A mission-adaptable aerial vehicle, comprising:
- a fuselage assembly comprising one or more fuselage sections;
- a wing assembly reversibly attachable to the fuselage assembly, the wing assembly including one or more wing sections;
- a nose cone assembly reversibly attachable to the fuselage assembly, the nose cone assembly including at least one nose cone section;
- a tail assembly reversibly attachable to the fuselage assembly, the tail assembly including at least one tail section,
- wherein a first fuselage section of the fuselage assembly is reversibly attachable to a second fuselage section of the fuselage assembly by an integral fastening system comprising a bayonet mount system, wherein the bayonet mount system includes (i) a bayonet passageway on an indented ledge region of the first fuselage section, the bayonet passageway comprising a first channel perpendicular with a circumference of the indented ledge region and a second channel connected with the first channel and radially parallel with the circumference of the indented ledge region, and (ii) a nub that is produced on an interior-facing side of an end region of the second fuselage section, wherein the nub is structured to align with and be translated into the first channel and subsequently be rotated within the second channel to securely connect the first and second fuselage sections together;
- a propulsion unit at least partially contained in at least one of the tail assembly or the fuselage assembly and configured to drive flight of the aerial vehicle;
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- an electronics unit comprising a wireless transceiver device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.